>> THE DANGER OF VIRTUAL FRIENDS

sejak gue mulai ngeblog, gue jadi punya banyak 'virtual' friends. seneng sih.. seru ajah kenalan ama orang² yang belom tentu gue bisa ketemu karena jarak dan waktu yang jauh. some of them malah akhirnya jadi ketemu muka dan so far seru² ajah. i would never imagine it would happen to me. soalnya dari dulu walopun gue selalu di depan komputer, jarang banget tuh yang ceting ama orang² yang gak gue kenal. kalo gak kenal biasanya gue jutekin. dan emang dari dulu gue amat sangat fully aware dengan urusan meeting up people in the chat room, kok kayaknya bahaya gitu??

tapi beda sih kalo misalnya ketemu sama orang² indonesia juga, paling gak gue ngerasa punya common shares lah, dan gak takut bakal kenapa² karena gue tinggalnya jauh ini.. dan so far, dari yang gue ikutan ceting bareng.. semuanya gue ngerasa udah kenal beneran aja karena suka ngeliat gathering² yang selalu ada. although it changes my perception a bit, i'm still fully aware of the dangerous to be online and to share my information to anyone. makanya buat yang udah pernah online sama gue.. jarang² tuh gue ngasih informasi yang bener² pribadi. bahkan aban yang udah termasuk sering ceting ama gue.. dule pernah nanya nama lengkap gue, tapi gue gak mau ngasih. sempet rada² gak enak sih sampe² dia bilang.. "what's the big deal? it's not a matter of principal or anything..".. well, it's true!! tapi menurut gue itu sudah terlalu amat pribadi. apalagi sejak gue tau internet, gue tuh bener² ngejaga antara my 'virtual' information sama my 'real' information. karena kalo elo bisa dapet sesuatu yang detail banget dari gue.. you can find anything about me. these days, almost everyone's information are online. and that is very dangerous thing!!!

i don't know.. some of you might not agree with me. some of you may. it's up to you. it's your beliefs. same goes with some people who wonder.. kenapa sih gallery gue di pakein password sementara gue juga punya album yang gue share for public view. emangnya apa bedanya?? well.. it's a matter of privacy. emang yang album itu gue share kemana², tapi kalo elo perhatiin disitu kebanyakan hanya ada tampang gue dan family gue. gue gak masalah dengan 'sharing' my pictures, karena toh udah banyak yang tau tampang gue kayak gimana dari foto² sebelomnya.. besides it's my decision to share those pics.. unfortunately, the pictures i put on my gallery aren't just my pictures. tapi foto² temen² gue. some of them are willing to have their pictures to share, some aren't. i don't know.. tapi menurut gue.. amat sangat tidak menghargai privacy mereka kalo gue sebar foto² mereka kemana². oleh karena itu lah.. gallery itu gue pakein password.

talking about privacy and internet chatting.. pernah denger tentang julie posey gak? dia ini seorang ibu rumah tangga yang punya satu anak cewek, kristyn. waktu kristyn berulang tahun yang ke 13, julie dan suaminya ngasih kristyn kado berupa komputer yang lengkap dengan internet connection. dan seperti layaknya anak² jaman sekarang.. masuk lah dia ke chat room. and guess what? ada yang ngajak kenalan. ngobrol, nanya ini itu.. sampe ngajak ketemuan. being a naive little girl, kristyn setuju² aja and made a date to meet up with this guy. pas ketemuan, ternyata the guy was waaayyy older dan sepertinya punya maksud tertentu. untungnya julie found out on time and went over to take kristyn away from the guy who, without doubt, ran away.

sejak itu, julie jadi gak tentram sama situasi di rumah dan keamanan anak satu²nya itu. sampe² komputer nya dipindahin ke ruang belajar dan kristyn gak dibolehkan online unless there are his dad or mom around. so one day, out of nowhere, julie decided to go the police and told them that she wants to help out. earlier when she made the report about the incident, the police told her that there's nothing she or they can do about this potential "pedophiles" online. cuz they don't have enough man to wait around catching them and they cannot catch them until the crime (mostly sex crimes) are committed. although it sounds so unfair, that's how the law was. so julie decided that she had enough free times on her hands to help out the police, and she did. she would go to these chat rooms, disguising as a young girl. but there are rules to be followed. she can't start the conversation first and initiate for the meet-up (cuz it could be defended as an entrapment). she has to save all the conversations and give them to police. she also cannot save any photography, cuz she might get charged for child pornography. and only those who initiate to meet-up will be followed up as a "potential pedophiles". she did this for free and she helped the police catching these pedophiles. from a CEO to an architect. from a teacher to a regular joe.

it's a scary thing. it's a creepy world we live in now. julie is still doing this and continuously helping out the police to put away those pedophiles and she even helps to propose the new online law and about its security, especially for children. now the thing is, many of us are not aware about this potential danger. not to mention hacking, virus spread, and so on. makanya coming from knowing about all these early on, gue selalu amat sangat careful dengan segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan giving out information to people i don't quite know. there are tons of freaks and psychos out there and we should always be careful about what we say or do online.

so now you now why i'm always being so secretive.. or i prefer the term ... private. and i suggest most of you do too.. cuz you don't want to regret whatever you do today, sometime in your future.. don't put out too much, cuz it can always be used against you someday, somehow.

:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/26/2003 01:08:00 AM | [ ]

>> WRITER'S BLOCK.. OR JUST BORED???

as you may see, akhir² ini gue lagi jarang posting. paling cuman seminggu sekali gue update blog gue. padahal i remember the times when i used to post 3-4 times a week. kayaknya ide buat nulis tuh gak ada abis²nya.. and i was still busy as hell.. karena waktu itu gue masih kuliah. justru sekarang yang gue udah punya waktu luang selangit, gue jadi males buat nulis.. kenapa ya?

hmm.. actually i once thought about it a while ago. my writings always involved around my surroundings, although not necessarily about me. and i see lots of events around me when i was busy, cuz i go places, meet more people. just like when i was still in school. i remember that i alwasy involved in more interesting subjects of discussion in class yang akhirnya gue bahas di blog gue ini. tapi sekarang? hmm.. boro² mau mikir ttg sesuatu yang interesting.. mostly gue cuman having fun muluu.. hihi.. mumpung summer, mumpung gak ngapa²in... mumpung deh!!

unfortunately, this is not always a good thing for me. all my life, as far as i can remember, i'm always busy doing something. dulu aja waktu masih di jakarta, hari² gue penuh dengan kegiatan. dari osis, sofbol, les ini itu, maen kesana kesini.. pokoknya selalu penuh. sampe disini.. gue sempet shock bentar, karena waktu itu gue pindahnya ke utah dulu, dan hidup disana bener² laid back. akhirnya gue decide untuk pindah ke daerah yang lebih fast-paced.. dan sampelah gue ke providence. sebenernya sih providence juga gak fast-paced banget, tapi paling gak it's close to new york city or boston. selain itu gue juga yang sok²an menyibukkan diri. i chose not to live on-campus, jadi kalo mau ke sekolah aja berjuang dulu kena macet *waktu udah punya mobil* ato ngejer² bus *waktu belom punya mobil* hehhehe.. belom lagi gue pernah kerja di 3 tempat, sementara gue tetep sekolah full-time. wah, masa² sibuk yang walopun bener² bikin capek, tapi seru banget!! dan waktu akhirnya gue pindah ke new york city, gue juga udah excited with the fact that it's gonna be busy and hectic. and it was indeed, although.. it was a routine activities. soalnya gue kan udah kerja.. jadi yaa... rutin aja waktu jam kerja. setelah setaun, gue bored abis.. akhirnya gue decide untuk ngelanjutin sekolah sambil kerja. and that was 3 years ago, and it was such a relief that i finally graduated, cuz it was one hell of a busy 3 years i had. tapi akhirnya setelah 2 bulan gue wisuda.. i'm on the verge of going nuts of this boredom of doing nothing.

emang sih kemaren² lagi sering jalan², nonton konser, keluar kota.. yaaa typical summer activities lah. so far gue masih enjoy² aja.. walopun udah sebel abis kegiatannya gitu² ajah. yang pasti malah banyak bikin ngabisin duit and i somehow felt i'm not doing anything constructive. paling ke gym, itupun suka males²an.. hihiih.. duh jadi males semuanya.. sampe² nulis pun males nih.. *loh udah panjang ginih, masih males nulis* hmm... enaknya ngapain yaa??

saking bosennya weekend kemaren gue ngecat rambut gue sampe 2 kali!!! pertama sih sok²an nge-highlight, tapi karena emang bosen.. nunggu setengah jam aja gue udah males.. akhirnya dengan highlight yang masih ada di rambut, gue bersiin kamar mandi.. akibatnya... gue lupa!! hueahahha.. pas dicuci, itu highlight nya jadi pirang abishhh.. gue dah berasa kayak latino dengan rambut pirang sana sini kayak abis maenan matahari setaun.. pikir dua tiga kali pikir, so i decided to go out and grab another bottle of hair color. sok²an ngambil yang warna "rich auburn" yang harusnya bikin rambut kemerah²an gitu.. tapi gak merah banget. gue pikir.. yaa rambut gue kan item, dicat kayak gitu bakal gak ketara banget, kecuali kalo lagi berdiri di bawah matahari. eeehh... ai lupa di rambut ada hightlight pirang.. akibatnya.. rambut gue rada² coklat dengan highlight kemerah²an! kalo menurut yang ngeliat gue setelah rambut gue di-cat sih.. katanya bagus² ajah.. *gak tau muji ato sarkastik*, tapi gue nya kok gak pede ya? tapi hampir semua bilang bagus.. so i decided to keep it like this for a while.. and maybe, if another boredom comes, i'll dye it back to black.. or not!! hihihih...

hari ini mustinya nonton konser "the white stripes" tapi gak jadi karena concertnya di postpone sampe waktu yang gak jelas. duh, ada² aja nih.. untung jumat kemaren gue dapet tuh beli tiket konser radiohead, walopun buat october.. hihi.. tapi gile aja.. 5 menit setelah tiketnya on sale, udah susah mau dapetin tiketnya lagi.. kayaknya sih sold out. padahal mereka bakal manggung 2 hari di madison square garden dan mereka baru aja manggung di jersey beberapa bulan yang lalu.. dan taun lalu juga mereka ada di msg, tapi kok masih sold out aja ya? huebat deh... gak ada matinya emang!! so buat yang ngefans ama radiohead.. hihihi.. eat your heart out!! *show off*

ok deh.. segini aja.. bla bla bla dari gue.. ini semua akibat kebosanan gue yang gak jelas.. duh, ngapain ya enaknyaaa???

:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/22/2003 11:35:00 PM | [ ]

>> NYC = THE BIG APPLE.... WHY??

to the rest of the world, new york city is also known for its nickname "THE BIG APPLE". however, not that many people know why and how the name came about. ibu ini juga menanyakan hal yang sama di komen box postingan gue yang sebelom ini. and to explain how the name come about, i have to tell you a story. the story may disappoint some readers. afterall, truth is often less colorful than fiction. but facts are facts. so sit tight and read it carefully, cuz it's a history lesson for you... *wink*

in the early years of the 19th century, many refugees from war-torn europe began arriving in new york. most of them were remnants of the crumbling french aristocracy, forced to seek refuge abroad from the dread "monsieur guillotine." arriving here without funds or friends, many of these were forced to survive, as one contemporary put it, "by their wits or worse."

salah satu dari eropa ini ada mademoiselle evelyn claudine de saint-evremond. daughter of noted courtier, she was a favorite of marie antoinette. evelyn was by all accounts remarkably attractive. she was beautiful, vivacious, and well-educated, and soon she was a society favorite. setelah kepindahannya ke new york city, evelyn was planned in marriage to john hamilton, son of the late alexander hamilton. tapi entah kenapa, perkawinan yang sudah direncanakan ini dibatalkan pada detik² terakhir. akhirnya, dengan bantuan dari kalangan atas waktu itu, evelyn membuka sebuah "salon" yang somehow appears to have been an elegantly furnished bordello *kinda like rumah bordil*. "salon" itu letaknya di 142 bond street, yang waktu itu salah satu daerah yang ekslusif. sampai sekarang rumah itupun masih berdiri disitu, walopun gue belom pernah merhatiin juga sih.. oh by the way.. salon tuh artinya bukan salon kayak tempat potong rambut. tapi salon as in bars, place to hangout and usually back then.. place to find girls... paid girls, if you know whatta mean.

evelyn's establishment quickly won, and for several decades maintained, a formidable reputation as the most entertaining and discreet of the city's many "temples of love". a place not only for lovemaking, but also for elegant dinners, high-stakes gambling, and witty conversation. the girls, many of them fresh arrivals from paris or london, were noted for their beauty and bearing. more than a few of them, apparently, were actualy able to secure wealthy husbands from among the establishment's clientele. nah kalo elo udah pernah nonton "gangs of new york" ini jadi mirip² lah dengan cewek² kayak si cameron diaz gitu. tapi yang kerja buat rumah bordil dan tugasnya emang buat nyenengin cowok² yang masuk ke "salon" itu.

so, one day, new yorkers atau customer di "salon" nya evelyn ini insist on changing her name to "eve". biar keren sih ceritanya.. dan evelyn seneng juga dengan panggilan ini, apalagi "eve" tuh diambil dari bible. akhirnya mulai ngetop lah dia dengan panggilan "eve" ini. and for her part, she would refer to the temptresses in her employ as "my irresistable apples." get it?

sejak itu, the young men around town soon got into the habit of referring to their amorous adventures as "having a taste of eve's apples". by then, this phrase established the speaker as one of the "in" crowd. the sexual connotation of the word "apple" was well known in new york and throughout the country until around world war I. meanwhile, various "apple" catch-phrases such as "the apple tree", "the real apple", etc. were used as synonyms for new york city itself which boasted more houses of ill repute than any other major US municapitality.

the term "big apple" or "the apple" had already passed into general use as a sobriquet for new york city by 1907. interestingly, the phrase had also become pretty well "sanitized" in the process, thanks to a vigorous campaign mounted just after the turn of the century by the apple marketing board, a trade group based in cortland, new york. alarmed by sharply declining sales in nyc, the association launched what some believe to be the earliest example of what would now be called a "product positioning campaign." *hayooo.. yang merasa anak marketing musti tauu niihhh.. * and it was successful indeed.. cuz since then we use the term to refer to new york city.

jadiii gitu deh ceritanya.. pasti gak nyangka kan kalo "apple" yang selalu di paralelkan buat panggil kota new york city itu ternyata punya arti yang jauh dengan apa yang elo kira. sebelom gue tau cerita ini, gue juga nyangkanya kalo "the big apple" probably has something to do as the "best place" or something like that. tapi ternyata "apple" nya tuh connotate with the biblical story of "adam & eve" and with its interesting story behind the name. no wonder they refer to this town as "the sin city" .. i bet the name is also comes from the phrase of enjoying the "irresistable apples"


:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/17/2003 11:56:00 PM | [ ]

>> NEW YORK AND THE CITY

just a little confusing facts about new york and the city. if you're confused by the end of this.. now you know why new yorkers are very temperamental.. hihih..

new york state is one of the biggest states in the united states of america
new york city is NOT the capital of new york state
although, new york city is the biggest and most populated city in new york state
new york city has the total of five boroughs: manhattan, queens, brooklyn, the bronx, and staten island
many refer to manhattan as "the city" because that's where things are happenin'
but other boroughs are also part of "new york city" although they are mostly residential areas

queens and brooklyn are part of the big island of "USA" that you see on the map
but manhattan is in a little island of its own apart from the big island
the bronx is within the same island where manhattan is
next to queens borough, there is an area called long island
long island is where the hampton is
but long island is different from long island city
long island city is in queens so it's part of new york city
long island, however, is in new york, but not part of new york city

should i go on? aren't you confused yet?
not just the fact that city itself is confusing, don't let me start with the parking rules..
but i gotta admit.. this is one of the best cities i've ever lived in..

:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/16/2003 04:14:00 AM | [ ]

>> SUMMER SANITARIUM TOUR 2003

what is summer sanitarium tour? it's metallica, limp bizkit, linkin park, deftones, and mudvayne performing at one spot. the trio of rock giants perform in 18 cities across north america, with deftones and mudvayne serving as opening acts. kicking off on july 4, the tour will see each band deliver full-length sets in support of their respective new releases. metallica's first new album in more than five years, 'st. anger' is released in the US on june 10, with limp bizkit's hugely anticipated 'LessIsMore', due in may. meanwhile, linkin park - who embark upon their projekt revolution tour in april - are scheduled to release new LP, 'meteroa' in late march, with deftones' new effort expected in june. so why do i wanna talk about this? CUZ I WENT TO SEE THEM YESTERDAY.. AND THEY'RE FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!

hehehhe.. and here's the story..

3.30 PM
masih di manhattan. at exactly 3.30, gue cabut dari kantor soalnya bas, rif, den, & jef udah nungguin. kita langsung cabut menuju giants stadium di jersey. lewat lincoln tunnel, wah mayan macet dikit, tapi abis itu langsung lancar. selama di jalan kita sambil dengerin K-ROCK radio yang emang jadi sponsor event ini. kita tune in soalnya pengen tau kalo concertnya udah mulai apa belom, abis kirain mereka bakal nyiarin live. yang pasti kita tau mudvayne pasti mulai duluan.. and since i know nothing about this band.. and rif & den juga bilang kalo mereka tuh gak bagus² amat, jadinya gue cuek bebek lah kalo miss.

4.30 PM
horeee.. akhirnya nyampe di pelataran parkir di stadiumnya. tapi karena giants stadium ini kan sebelah²an ama continental arena ternyata kita udah musti parkir di parkiran depan continental arena soalnya yang di giants stadium kayaknya dah penuh.. ya wes lah, gak masalah, lagian ada lorong buat nyebrang kok. di pelataran parkir udah banyak orang tapi mereka yang masih di luar gitu.. sambil bbq-an.. heheh.. sempet²nya.. sambil nge-bir dulu kayaknya. yang pasti mereka metallica fans lah.. soalnya dari ujung ke ujung semua pada nyetel cd nya metallica kenceng².

keluar dari mobil tuh .. ya elaaahh.. panasnya amit².. matahari jam 5 sore di waktu summer tuh sama aja kayak matahari jam 2 siang di jakarta. asli deh panas abiisshh!! ... udah mayan keringetan.. dan kulit gue yang dah mayan gosong gara² ke pantai waktu 4th of july kemaren.. dan mulai gatel² karena kebakar lagi. yang bekas dari pantai aja masih merah² gitu...

and theeeennn.. i realized.. no one brought sunblock, and giants stadium is a freakin' outdoor stadium yang gak ada peneduhnya gitu.. so pasti bakal yang terik banget!! aduuhh.. mikirnya aja gue udah langsung pusing, tapi gimana dong.. demi metallica.. jadi deh gue cuek ajah.. hihii.. sebenernya sih, ini kedua kalinya gue nonton metallica and limp bizkit live in concert. dulu gue udah pernah ngeliat mereka waktu gue nonton woodstock di rome, ny taun 1999. jadi gue udah mayan tau lah aksi panggung mereka.. tapi gue bener² pengen nonton linkin park juga. gue penasaran ngeliat si chester alias "chazy chaz" yang selalu nyanyi dengan high note itu bakal mampu bertahan sampe akhir performance nya.. oh ama mau ngeliat si joe juga sih.. hihih.. *wink wink*

4.45 PM
setelah masuk ke dalam stadium dan nyari tempat duduk kita, deftones udah mau mulai maen. gue sebenernya gak terlalu nge-fans berat ama deftones, malah gue kurang tau banyak ttg mereka, tapi gue enjoy² aja sih. soalnya ternyata satu lagu yang di album mereka itu gue ada yang tau dan sering denger.. walopun gak pernah nyadar itu mereka.. hihi.. vocalis nya.. (chris kalo gak salah namanya) rada gemukan. aksi panggung mereka lumayan lah.. tapi nothing extraordinary. yaa namanya juga band pembuka kali yaa.. orang² udah mulai rame.. dan yang di field bawah juga udah rame, tapi masih rada kosong.

setelah deftones selse, gue langsung turun, abisan di luar panas banget. ceritanya sih mo beli minum, tapi ngantrinya amit².. mana kan panas nya tuh bener² sumuk banget.. orang² udah berkeliweran dengan handuk ato tissue basah, cewe² udah berbikini ria, cowo² udah pada buka baju semua.. dan bule² badannya udah pada merah semua deh kebakar matahari. pas lagi 'break' gitu.. selalu ada tontonan di antara penonton. soalnya pasti ada cewek yang gone wild, which means, mereka nge-flash the 'twins' ke penonton yang pasti abis itu disorakin rame². heheh... trus sempet juga ada kejadian seru soalnya orang² yang pada duduk di perbatasan dengan field arena (bagian yang pada berdiri) ada beberapa yang loncat. trus akhirnya diuber² ama security. ya disorakin rame² lah ama penonton satu stadium. pas ketangkep mereka malah berontak, akhirnya jadi dipukulin ama security itu sampe berdarah² dan dibawa keluar. lagiaaannn.. ada² ajah.. kalo di jakarta sih mungkin semuanya pada ikutan turun jadinya security-nya malah makin kalang kabut. hehehhe.. tapi hey, this is not jakarta. and people are well-behaved. walopun ada satu-dua yang bandel, tapi biasanya security udah anticipate banget.

6.00 PM
kira² jam 6, keluarlah linkin park. wah gilaaa ini yang gue tunggu... karena gue bener² pengen liat aksi panggung mereka. beneran loh si chaz suaranya setinggi itu, dan bener² bisa kuat sampe akhir performance mereka. performing mereka tuh bener² mirip banget ama di cd (at least that's what den & rif said). mereka udah mulai bikin penonton pada makin rame dan udah pada poshing gitu di field. walopun banyak juga yang cuek bebek malah nongkrong di arena tempat makan ato di bawah tower speaker sambil neduh. ada juga yang masih ngantri makan.

gue laper berat soalnya belom makan dari siang, tapi karena ngantri nya masih panjang, dan gue emang pengen nonton linkin park,.. ya gue stay aja nunggu performing mereka abis.

7.30 PM
abis linkin park selse, gue buru² ke bawah beli makan. untung ngantri nya gak sepanjang sebelomnya soalnya vendor makanan nya udah pada siap anticipate penonton, jadi line ngantri nya juga udah dibagi dua. gue beli chicken cheese steak ama burger buat cowo². gilaa, gue paling sebel nih acara² begini tuh ngeliat harga makanan yang gila². kayak waktu woodstock aja yang beli aer harganya $5 satu botol. ajegila bin ajaib.. biasanya juga cuman $1. akhirnya kita minum aer keran. untung di amrik, aer keran disini mah mayan bersih.. selaen itu kita juga udah sebodo amat.. hhahaha.. daripada dehidrasi dan bokek.. mendingan minum apa aja yang bisa diminum lah.. asal bukan aer kali ato aer comberan. hihihihi.. anyways.. abis beli makan balik ke tempat duduk lagi.. sambil nunggu nge-set up stage buat limp bizkit. again, seperti biasa.. banyak cewek² yang flashing their tits. pada semangat deh ngeliat di binocular.. hehehe.. dan itu tuh dari ujung ke ujung.. pasti ada sampe rame banget.. riuh rendah gitu suara orang²..

gue kurang merhatiin banget kira² jam berapa limp bizkit mulai, pokoknya kluar lah si fred durst dengan topi ijo, celana warna khaki beige gitu, dan baju item. nah, gue kan dah pernah nonton mereka di woodstock jadi gue tau banget deh kalo mereka ini aksi panggung nya entertaining banget, pinter bikin penonton jadi hyped up gituh. dan biasanya si fred selalu pengen jalan² mendekati penonton. dan beneran ajah... setelah beberapa lagu, dia manggil 2 cewek dan 2 cowok buat naek ke atas panggung pas mereka maenin lagu yang chorusnya "my way or the highway" ... hehe.. sorry, i'm so bad with song titles.. jadi daripada salah mendingan gue gak usah nebak itu lagu judulnya apa.. but i'm pretty sure you get the idea. those lucky audience diajak ke panggung trus nyanyi bareng ama fred. abis lagu itu selse.. si fred malah jalan² ke sekeliling field arena yang emang dipagerin. tapi bisa bikin deket banget ama penonton. waaaahh ini bener² bikin heboh.. soalnya beberapa orang malah bikin kesempatan buat loncat dari tempat duduk mereka ke field arena. bikin security jadi kucar kacir, soalnya sebagian musti ngejagain si fred yang sambil jalan² ke penonton, sebagian musti ngejar² yang pada loncat. cuman mereka bener² sigap soalnya banyak yang ketangkep dan dikeluarin, walopun gue sempet liat ada cewek yang lolos pas security nya lagi meleng. tapi fred tuh bener² gila.. dia stay di antara audience lamaaa banget.. malah sempet nyanyi 2 lagu.. he sang the entire "nookie" di antara audience gitu.. dia naek ke atas bangku² sambil dijagain ama bogiguard² dan security. abis itu dia nyanyi salah satu lagu barunya (gue gak tau judulnya apa, pokoknya lumayan slow lah) sambil jalan balik ke panggung... and believe me, it's a long walk.. soalnya itu kan ngitarin stadium nya gituh. but that's his performance style. dulu aja waktu di woodstock dia malah naek ke papan yang di taro di atas kepala audience (sebenernya sih buat berteduh), tapi malah dinaekin ama si fred dan nyanyi² disitu.. hueahha.. trus papannya dibawa² ampe ke tengah² lautan manusia gituh. dan aksi panggung mereka juga penuh dengan segala macem stage decoration gitu.. yang balls of fire lah nyala² gitu.. fireworks.. malah sempet si fred bawa² senjata api boongan yang bunyi kayak suara pistol ditembak gitu.. wuahahha... sedeng!

9.15 PM
anyways.. setelah limp bizkit selse.. orang² udah mulai memenuhi arena, soalnya metallica is next. lumayan lama nih break nya.. soalnya panggung nya mayan gede, dan background nya bagus banget. sayang gue gak bawa kamera jadi gak bisa foto. trus crew nya mulai masang² alat musik, ngetes suara, ngetes lighting.. and whoaa.. gilaa.. suaranya bener² beda ama sound system yang dipake band² sebelomnya. bener² bulet gitu loh.. apalagi pas ngetest drum nya..

oiya.. ciri khas panggungnya metallica tuh, pasti drummer nya di depan... iyaa doong.. soalnya lars musti ikutan nampang.. heheh.. dan walopun gue udah pernah nonton mereka.. kali ini rada beda dengan tampilan bassist barunya.. si rob yang ngegantiin jason.

pas mereka keluar.. hari udah gelap, matahari udah ilang, jadi lampu dimatiin.. bener² keren ngeliat panggung nya.. keluar² mereka langsung full blast deh. metal abiiisshh.. heheh.. dari album baru mereka maenin cuman dua lagi.. frantic ama atu lagi gue gak tau judulnya. gue suka sih ama frantic itu.. dan mayan bagus maeninnya. james selalu greet dengan baek.. and he always sounds like a nice guy.. well he is. lars kadang² maenin drum sambil berdiri, sementara kirk suka asik sendiri sambil nunjuk² penonton buat bikin suara lebih kenceng, sementara si rob dengan rambut panjangnya, celana pendek dan jersey futbol.. jalan2 kesana kemari tapi sambil jongkok gitu.. trus kalo gak muter² sendiri. heheh lucu deh. dan aksi panggung mereka? bener² KEREEEEENNNN... ada api yang nyala² ama fireworks.. pokoknya bagus banget.. udah berasa 4th of july lagih.. hehhe..

setelah kurang lebih manggung sekitar satu setengah jam-an, mereka pamit cabut.. dan orang² pada berdiri buat pulang.. tapiiiii... gue & den udah tau banget.. kalo ini cuman aksi²an mereka.. waktu di woodstock aja mereka ampe bolak balik 3 kali. jadi kita mah nyantai² aja.. lagian lampunya juga belom dinyalain jadi pasti belom selse beneran. udah gitu.. lagu kebangsaan juga belom dinyanyiin. ;)

bener aja mereka balik lagi.. dan nyanyiin 3 lagu salah satunya nothing else matters (yang gue tau judulnya cuman ini doang.. hihihi). pas mulai lagu ini.. lars ama kirk becanda gitu.. si lars sok²an maenin gitarnya kirk, trus kirk metikin gitarnya pake stick drumnya lars. hehe.. dan of course.. udah ketauan banget kalo itu beat² nya lagu nothing else matters. trus abis itu mereka masuk lagi.. dan makin banyak yang pada cabut.. tapiii... as i said.. lagu kebangsaan belom dimaenin... jadi gak mungkin selse..

nah pas kedua kalinya mereka keluar lagi.. gue bisikin jef.. "pokoknya it ain't over till they sing enter sandman *eh bener kan itu judulnya?*" daaannnn... bener aja.. pas nyanyi lagu itu langsung pada histeris lah.. yaa orang lagu classic gitu looo.. yang semua orang pasti tau dan bisa ikutan nyanyi.. buktinya si james ampe gak nyentuh microphone-nya... dibiarin aja penonton yang nyanyiii.. kecuali pas chorusnya.. hehheh.. abisan kalo dia nyanyi pun gak kedengeran karena satu stadium pada tau liriknya gituuuhhh.. heheh.. dan bener aja.. abis itu mereka pada bilang.. "thank you new york / new jersey.. it's been fun, you've been great.. good night!" mereka cabut tapi tetep di panggung sambil dadah²in penonton,.. trus berempat berdiri buat bow.. dan udah deh.. cabut.. eh tapi sebelomnya si lars sempet ngomong.. "you guys rock.. now get out.. cuz you can kiss my fuckin' ass" gitu kira².. hahah.. asal!! bye james, lars, kirk & rob.. till we meet again.. *wink*

and here's the picture of metallica's stage for the grand finale's fireworks.. click on it to see the complete pictures...





11.30 PM
so we left the stadium.. went to our parked car, and off we went to go home. sempet macet lama ke arah new york nya.. and we're all dead tired but satisfied.. it was one hella show.. and it was fun..

okay.. deh.. segitu aja live report dari summer sanitarium tour 2003 in new jersey.. next concert? the white stripes!!!

:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/09/2003 10:54:00 PM | [ ]

>> WHAT LIFE IS ABOUT

life isn't about keeping score.
it's not about how many friends you have
or how accepted you are.
not about if you have plans this weekend or if you're alone.

it isn't about who you have kissed,
it isn't about who your family is or
how much money they have
or what kind of car you drive.

or where you are sent to school.
it's not about how beautiful or ugly you are.
or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on,
or what kind of music you listen to.

it's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, or brown,
or if your skin is too light or too dark.
not about what grades you get how smart you are,
how smart everybody else thinks you are,
or how smart standardized tests say you are.

life just isn't.

life is about who you love and who you hurt.
it's about who you make happy or unhappy purposely.
it's about keeping or betraying trust.
it's about friendship, used as a sanctity or as a weapon.

it's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening.
it's about starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip.
it's about what judgments you pass and why.
and who your judgments are spread to.

it's about who you've ignored with full control and intention.
it's about jealousy, fear, ignorance, and revenge.
it's about carrying inner hate and love,
letting it grow and spreading it.

but most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison
other people's hearts in such a way that could have
never occurred alone.

only you choose the way those hearts are affected, and those
choices are what life's all about.

today let this rainbow remind your friends and family
of what life is really all about.

*thanks to adis*

>> happy 4th year anniversary to me, for surviving to be in this crappy hole i call a JOB. :D

:: sLesTa

>> posted on 7/01/2003 09:17:00 PM | [ ]